On the final episode of Tokyo Daily, Brendan Dunlop puts a bow on an historic Olympic Games for Team Canada after a record setting 24 medals won at Tokyo 2020.

Kevin Durant’s greatness, basketball talk and how the athletes saved the Olympics with Doug Smith

Aug 7th, 2021 13m 57s

On Tokyo Daily, host Brendan Dunlop recaps Team USA’s gold medal win in men’s basketball with the Toronto Star’s Doug Smith. The two discuss the importance of more international teams being able to push the Americans, why you shouldn’t bet agai

Recapping an historic day for Christine Sinclair and Canadian soccer

Aug 6th, 2021 16m 25s

On Tokyo Daily, host Brendan Dunlop recaps the Canadian women’s national team’s historic gold medal win with the Toronto Star’s Laura Armstrong, on a day that Canada won three medals over the span of one hour. Christine Sinclair is one of the g

Canadian swimmers Kayla Sanchez, Taylor Ruck on their Tokyo Olympics experience

Aug 5th, 2021 17m 19s

On Tokyo Daily, host Brendan Dunlop talks with Olympic medal-winning swimmers Kayla Sanchez and Taylor Ruck, after the Canadians returned home from Tokyo with silver and bronze relay medals. Sanchez and Ruck talk about training during a pande

Andre De Grasse and his golden moment

Aug 4th, 2021 15m 16s

On Tokyo Daily, Brendan Dunlop chats with the Toronto Star’s Laura Armstrong about Andre De Grasse’s gold medal in the men’s 200-metre race. And Canada might just bring home two medals in men’s decathlon with Damian Warner leading the charge af

Simone Biles and Ellie Black have greatness in common at Tokyo Olympics

Aug 3rd, 2021 16m 53s

On Tokyo Daily, Brendan Dunlop talks with the Toronto Star’s Bruce Arthur in Tokyo after Simone Biles and Ellie Black return to Olympic gymnastics. The two also discuss Andre De Grasse’s personal best time in the men’s 200-metre semifinal run a

‘A day to remember’ for Canadian soccer

Aug 2nd, 2021 15m 3s

On Tokyo Daily, host Brendan Dunlop recaps a historic win for Canadian soccer with Laura Armstrong of the Toronto Star after the women’s team beat the United States in the semifinals to avenge the heartbreak of London 2012. It was the first tim

You win some, you lose some

Aug 1st, 2021 17m 20s

On Tokyo Daily, host Brendan Dunlop talks with the Toronto Star’s Dave Feschuk in Tokyo after Andre De Grasse’s bronze medal run in the men’s 100-metre dash. Feschuk also breaks down what went wrong for Canada’s Erica Wiebe on her attempt to de

Olympic basketball heats up in Tokyo

Jul 31st, 2021 15m

On Tokyo Daily, Brendan Dunlop talks Olympic basketball with Doug Smith of the Toronto Star after Team USA’s blowout win over the Czech Republic in the men’s tournament, and ahead of the Canadian women’s final group game versus Spain on Saturda

Canada keeps golden dreams alive on the pitch

Jul 30th, 2021 16m 16s

On Tokyo Daily, Brendan Dunlop recaps Canada's nail biting penalty kick shootout win over Brazil in women's soccer with the Toronto's Star's Laura Armstrong. Canadian women continue to medal at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics with a gold in rowing, whi

The surreal Olympic atmosphere and what success of Canadian women in Tokyo means for future funding with Dave Feschuk

Jul 29th, 2021 19m

On Tokyo Daily, Brendan Dunlop chats with the Toronto Star’s Dave Feschuk in Tokyo about the atmosphere of these Olympic Games, the success of Canadian women on the Olympic stage and what that might mean for funding and development going forwar

Penny Oleksiak’s Olympic greatness, Simone Biles’ courage and Felix Auger Aliassime’s Tokyo debut with Arash Madani

Jul 28th, 2021 16m 10s

On Tokyo Daily, Brendan Dunlop recaps the stories of Day 5 at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics and talks with Sportsnet’s Arash Madani about Penny Oleksiak’s greatness, Simone Biles’ decision to withdraw from competition, Felix Auger Aliassime’s first G

Canadian swimmer Brent Hayden on his ‘wild’ fourth Olympics, Maggie Mac Neil and a quiet athletes village in Tokyo

Jul 27th, 2021 15m 4s

On a new episode of Tokyo Daily, host Brendan Dunlop chats with Canadian Olympic swimmer Brent Hayden in the Olympic Village a day after his men’s 4x100-metre relay team set a national record time and narrowly missed the podium. Hayden talks ab

Diving into a silver Sunday in the pool for Canada at the Olympics

Jul 25th, 2021 14m 57s

On this episode of Tokyo Daily host Brendan Dunlop chats with CBC Sports reporter Devin Heroux in Tokyo after a silver Sunday in the pool for Team Canada. Plus the USA Dream Team got off to a nightmarish start against Rudy Gobert’s France.

Canada beats Chile in women’s soccer as first Olympic medals are won on Day 1

Jul 24th, 2021 13m 58s

Host Brendan Dunlop recaps Canada’s 2-1 win over Chile in women’s soccer with Laura Armstrong of the Toronto Star, and the first medals are handed out at the 2020 Olympic Games.

'This is a different Olympics.’ Teeing up an unprecedented Summer Games with Bruce Arthur

Jul 23rd, 2021 15m 15s

On the debut episode of Tokyo Daily, host Brendan Dunlop is joined by Toronto Star columnist Bruce Arthur, who offers his perspective on this unprecedented Olympics from inside the host city. They discuss what the scene is like on Olympic groun

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Introducing Tokyo Daily, the Summer Olympics podcast from the Toronto Star

Jul 16th, 2021 2m 31s

Sports broadcaster and author Brendan Dunlop hosts “Tokyo Daily,” the daily Summer Olympics podcast from the Toronto Star. Each day during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, Brendan will recap the Canadian headlines and talk about the major stories

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